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leveraged buyout
(redirected from Leveraged takeover)

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leveraged buyout, the takeover of a company, financed by borrowed funds. Often, the target company's assets are used as security for the loans acquired to finance the purchase. The acquiring company or group then repays the loans from the target company's profits or by selling its assets. Many leveraged buyouts have been financed through junk bonds junk bond, a bond that involves greater than usual risk as an investment and pays a relatively high rate of interest, typically issued by a company lacking an established earnings history or having a questionable credit history.
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Then he saw it through a leveraged takeover later in the decade, eventually engineering a merger with Dakin Inc.
In reality, the greatest risk is more likely that the company will not have the resources to make good on its promises, particularly in cases where heavy debt has been assumed in a leveraged takeover.
 
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